LAUDERHILL, Florida -- Lightning. It can come in a bottle, it never strikes twice, and it sometimes delays the inevitable.
It is also quick, unpredictable, and highly dangerous. As the USA Freedom and Canada Northern Lights found out, it can be your best friend or your worst enemy. And just as fast as the Americans sprinted out to a big first quarter lead, their counterparts from up north struck back early and often, then were miserly about letting the Americans get any sniff of a victory.